ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,987, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY (Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia).

"Carboxymethyl cellulose hydrogel loaded with titanium oxide nanoparticles for wastewater treatment" was invented by Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed (Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia), Mai Mostafa Khalaf Ali (Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia), Mohamed Gouda (Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia), Mohammed Abbas Alsaeed (Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia) and Fatima Essa Al Rasheed (Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carboxymethyl cellulose hydrogel loaded with TiO2 nanoparticles for wastewater treatment is provided. The TiO2NPs@CMC hydrogel is made by a method including provid...